Production of tetra-acyl-glycocholyl thujylamines



Patented May 16, 1933 PATE GtszA zEMrLnn, or BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, nssienon T TIRES eYoeYsznR-vnoYnszsrr IPARI Es KEBESKEDELMI v. T., on BUDAPEST, nnneaay, A oonPonATIon PRODUCTION OF TETRA-ACYL-GLYOOGHOLYL THUJYLAMINES No Drawing. Application. filed October 28, 1929, Serial No. 403,124, and in Hungary November 8, 1928.

'- into a compound substance. This is realized according to the invention by bringing the chloride of glycocholic acid into reaction with thujylamine. This reaction would in itself take place easily, but its practical carrying into effect is cumbersome owing to the .difficulties of producing the. acid chloride of glycocholic acid, glycocholic acid with its three free hydroxyls being a substance requiring very delicate handling, as these free hydroxyls will easily become chlorin ated when producing the chloride. I

In order to eliminate this difficulty, the following procedure is adopted: The hydroXyls of the glycocholic acid are first fixed by means of acyl groups, e. g. by means of acetyl groups, which causes the imide group likewise to be acylated or respectively acetylated. The tetra-acyl-glycocholic acid thus obtained can then be transformed, without any difficulty, by means, e. g. of thionylchloride, into a chloride of tetra-acyl-glycocholic acid, e. g. into chloride of tetraacetyl-glycocholic acid:

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( Cza ao a COOHa O ONCHzO 001 By treating chloride of tetra-acyl-glycocholic acid with thujylamine, there is produced tetra acyl -g1ycocholy1 thuj ylamine, e. g. tetra-acetyl-glycocholyl-thujylamine;

while the'hydrochloride of thujylamine is simultaneously formed as a byproduct of the reaction. I

- In what follows, the manufacture of tetraacetyl-glycocholic-thujylamine is described by way of example.

E ramp lo (a) Production of, tetra-acetate of 2900- cholz'c acid-=10 grams of glycocholic acid are heated in a water-bath together with 4E0 cc. of anhydride of acetic acid and 10 grams of water-free acetate of sodium dur ing one hour; the whole mass of solid substance will become dissolved at an early stage of its being heated. Subsequently,

the reaction mixture is poured into water,

and on the next day, replacing the motherlye repeatedly by fresh water, the product is brought into the form of a powder,

drained off, washed out with the aid of waf ter and-dried. The substance resulting is a white powder, welghing 9 grams, and the meltlngpolnt of which is 145 C.

The same product is obtained from glyco ing which the thionylchloride and the solvent are distilled 0d in a vacuum, whilst the residue of oil is dissolved in 5 cc. of chloroform and the chloride of acid precipitated by means of petrol ether. The product obtained after drying in a vacuum, is a powder of ligit yellow colour; its melting point is 164 (0) Productionoftetra-aoetyl-glg cocholylthujg lmnine.2 grams of chloride of tetraacetyl-glycocholic acid are dissolved in 10 cc. of absolute chloroform and a solution of 0.5 grams of thujylamine in 10 cc.

of chloroform added thereto, and the mixture left to stand during 6 hours at room temperature. From the reaction mixture the chloride of thujylamine formed is then Washed out With the aid of Water, the chloroform solution dried by means of chloride of calcium and repeatedly distilled ofl With alcohol in a vacuum. The residue is the product desired. Its characteristics are the following: It is a light brown substance. Its melting point is 9192 C. It is dissolved by chloroform and by benzol. It dissolves With difliculty in ethyl alcohol, methyl alcohol, ether, acetone and carbon bisulphite. It is non-soluble in petrol ether and in olive oil.

What I claim is:

l. A new medicinal product, consisting of the amide combination of tetra acylated glycocholic acid With thujylamine.

2. A new medicinal product consisting of the amide combination of tetra-acetyl-glycocholic acid With thujylamine.

3. A process for producing a medicinal substance combining the healing effects of glycocholic acid and thujylamine, Which consists in bringing tetra acylated chloride of glycocholic acid into reaction With thujylamine.

4. A process for producing a medicinal substance combining the healing effects of glycocholic acid and thujylamine characterized by bringing the chloride of tetra-acetylglycocholic acid into reaction With thujylamine, and thus producing tetra-acetyl-glycocholyl-thujylamine.

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